The Sun. — London, England, 1809-08-30 00:00:00

• and that it was time:for the pally to embark, before ' they had •really approached. These intimations were, however, not. attended to, and the. Commi ssioner (Colonel Carrol) very properly took the pre caution to appoint a person on whose steadiness and 'fidelity he could rely, to Observe and give notice of their advance. The remainder of the day, and the whole of the night of the Igth,• were spent in un availing attempts to float thetransports., "At half -past nine in the morning of the 20th, the enemy's cavalry appeared within a league - Of Gijon, The transporfs-litinaining still aground, the only serviceable vessel-'it the port, a chasse vtqrce, was seized. , T • he, British soldiers went.-on board her, and the Commisioner , went before in a boat with ,tu to - tos,v her out of the mole. `Whilew i this as Oing, a shot was fired of the boat,, supposed to proceed from some traitor, as the I.lle..,px r .)tad, nut yet entered the town. The. closse mareo. vs : however, saloly towed. out to sea,. and the Corn nlifisioner retnrned . , again to the : transports. ; (19.artiir past. ten, the .enemy advanced close to _.,4t 4 "ks w‘vp., upon / w inch .the e.vernor,,fir ued a gla,,, . a n 4 :a white flag. The trans posP were now slon fire by order of the 'Commis-, • fiotter, who .prdeeeded: to sea in a boat with.thek crews. One of Ale Shio (the Plutus) soon blew, up : ; utthe other. (the Tiger) being close to the, store, was immediately boarded, it is supposed, by the Spaniards, and i the fire extingu,Lhed btf,ire it, reached. th . e combustibles placed to destroy her.— : The boat proceeded : to the Diana transport, which had hove-to, to receive her. They looked .into Rivadeo for the Marquis De Rornana, who had sailed the preceding niht ; but, not seeing any ship there,' they concluded he lad gone to Vigo, whither he had ,dire6ted Mr. White, the, Commissary, to proceed', with the stores, and they made for that port, which tbtey reached in safety." NIALLS. AR g.IVED -2, Wat Waterford. o n urg , 114 it a. 2, • . , THIS DAY AT TYV:FLVfi A CLO , CK. •If • • . - 6sßeajikii4., Consols - ill E 'S U -•- (le hi-'' - t iOLZM quii'DlCiaz FALitllC — AttlltATlbt" • (V: • N s : WDNE , DAY, AUGPST 3a,::18pg.. •I • A report' ctas- circulated this tdOtning in the City; thot Lord,ST. HELENS was about to Icay.c. this,Coun . try io attend a , Qongress forfora genera. Negotiation for Peace. - The ieport Was - 13iobaRy 'fAiWeill for tjtirposes, as it s ltas pc) foundation.in i ' ( Jtist- before this - Pafie?•wai put to press, we re ceived Ham turgh and Altana Pupers, to the h • instant , from which we have made the following ex- trads:r-+ " 13i1.410 OF THE ELBE, Auo. - 18.—We have no • . n ews from Austria •that give any certainty of war or peace, and the general opinion is', that the affairs of Turkey will also be, decided in the."AuStrian.Con gress of Peace, if it Should really take place.-- The Archduke CHARLES does not share in the sentiments of his brother the Emperor FRANCIS, who is said to be .preparing to conclude peke at auy sacrifice. The Archduke CHARLES has on this .account , resignpd the chief command of the army, and not from indisposition. A Russian 'Plenioteti liary was hourly expeaed at Sehonbrunn, from St. Petersburgh.. ALTONA, 'AUG. B.—General BELLEGARDE has taken the command of the Austrian army. Gene ral HILLER, and other Generals, will a6l under` him. Archduke FERDINAND is arrived. in Bohe mia, with his corps. The King of Bavaria has granted an indemnity to the insprgents of the Tyrol, on condition that they lay down their arms within the space of eight days-- the chiefs only of the insurreftion,,are excepted.— (Aleilledu AAug.ra, Auo 18, 18(19. ) , A vessel has arrived from Bourdeaux; which place she left on the 18tH insi. When she'sailed, it was generaly-believed there, that Peace , had been signed betweeu France and' Austria. It .is however quite clear, that such an event could not have taken 'place so lo:;g•ago ; for we may he sure that PLION A PARTE will lose no time in 0-mlSr:tilting us information' the moment he terrifies or cajoles Austria into a peace. All the recent accounts that have reached us, leave us quite in the dark upon. this subjeB. The length of time to which the Negotiations have been pm tratitedr in the opinion of some, is a Proof that the parties are serious i and that a Peace - will be the 5 1* of their eflott:s ; while, others draw a di- redly opposite conclusion from the same premises, and assert that the Negotiations are only protracted . - by both parties, that they may.recover their exhaust edstrength, and he able to-renew the contest with greater vigohr. We ate inclined to adopt the latter ophlion, thoLlg,lt \vPh the very ituperfe& information ixe 'one before us, we cannot venture. to e upon the subj,-;-t with any coufikuce. It is corioii, ob,el ve %k ith with what facility the eagerness to attack and even sometimes r,,,: , i k o.bt incoosistept„and 'I" • • -',.,t - Fbsivc,da), • _1 against tern, bccane they did notsend off a part of the Ex pedition, in the first instance, to take the Island of Walcheren, which we were told would fall fin easy : conquest r but no sooner had we got . possession of Waloheren, than they changed their plan of at tack, and 'they now assert, with equal confidence, that we cannot keep tha ., tdsland with a force of Jess than 20;000 . men. We cannot but admire the poli- ,tical sagacity of .those-w i no would send out a force :of eight or ten- thousand men to take a, place, which they , assert would take twenty thousand men to tle 7 tend,.and would leave that small part Of our Expedi tion unsupported, for a time at least, to contend •, • . *against an gueiny of More than double' ts num.;. hers. .But them' writers do not confine themselves to mere abuse of Ministers; they are busily employed, during the= absence of all authentic intelligence, in .managing the defence of the enemy—they have in undated'all the country round Lillo, by opening the Dykes—they. have blocked up the passage of the 'Scheldt by fixing booms, sinking ships, &c. they have besides construaed immense batteries with the guns of. the French . ships, and sent The ships theM-' selVes up the river, out of all possibility Of danger, and in oraelio sink us to the lowe l st depths of despair, they assure us that, even if we should take Antwerp, it will be of no „use, fOr every , thing ofi value is re : gloved out, pf the City.,. All this mass of intelli gence, with the addition of quarrels among the Offi cers, and agues among the soldiers; 'have the Oppo -SiliQU WeiterS been able to comtnnnieate to the ,• Pub :lic, by the uncommon fertility• of their, invention, : and witildit possessing any knowledge •whatever of the facts which they haVe so mina:Sly detailed. .1 - IeVMAJESTY and the PAINCESSES were present at Eghain Races . yesterday ' . They arrived on the 'ground M sociable', at one o'clock, and the Dukes •of CLARENCE and CUMBERLAND took their stands 3S Stewards. The Dukes of YORK and CAMBRIDGE were,also present, 'as was the Duchess 'of Yottx.--- Amon; the sporting company were Sir J. LADE, the .1 Hon. B. CRAVEN, Lord BARRYMORE, COI. THORN-`j •Bct;. &C. Reinforcements, consisting principally of draftg from- duo Guards, are on their march for Portsmouth and Ply triou h, to join Lsrd 'WELLINGTON. Others w4l proceed 110111 Ireland, for the same destination. Orders liaVe been Jeceived at Woolwich to pre .pare artillery for another Expedition. Treparations are'making at Plymouth for the re ception bf'sevtral thousan troops from the Midland ' Distrid, who are to proceed to - Plymouth to embark for Stsain. The 2 . (.1 battalion of the 3d (or Old Buffs) is. also to embark , there: detachments of that corps are now doing duty as Marines on board the prison ships iu Harnoaze. Thefirstbattalion of this 'fiue Corps is already in Spain.' ' Colonel l‘lunoe has been appointed Lieutenant- 'Governor of the' Royal Military Academy at Wool wich, in the room of General Twiss, promoted. Monday fright !last, at , ' Twelve o'clock, General FLOYD, Commander of Cork, received an express from the Castle of Dublin, with an order for the immediate .embarkation for Spain of the tst regi ment of Dragoons, or Royals, at present quartered , in that district. This fine regiment, which is com manded by the Hon. Colonel Ds GREY, is nearly . 800 strong. The transports for its reception were already in theharbour, and the embarkation has pro bably since taken place. His Mi . .tt - s'rY's Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of Ireland, for translating the Right Re verend' the Lord Bishop of Leighlin and Ferns to the Archtlishoprick of Dublin and Bishoprick of Glande lagh, in the room - of the Most .Reverend Father in . God, CHARLES, Eatl of Nortnanton.—[Dublin Ga zette, August 26.] His 'MAJESTY'S Letters Patent have also pasied. the Great Seal of Ireland, for promoting the Hu - nourable and .Reverend ardor PERCY SOC,ELYN to the United Bishopricks of Leighlin and Ferns.— .[lbid.] The oth regiment, now in garrison at Aberdeen,. have received orders to hold themselves in' readiness to embark. Letters from France say, that . Admiral VILLARET ,JOYEU:SE, has been exiled to Normandy. • DOMAINS OF HANOVEIL—The domains of Hano ver, to the amount of two millions of livres yearly, have been. distributed _ by BUONAPART,E among. his Generals and Ministers. The following , have the largest grants:— • Berthier, Bernadotte, Mortier, Duroc, Ney, Augereau , Massena, Caulaincourt, Davoust; Scutt, Lefebvre, Lebrun, Bessieres, Junot, Viittur. Fouche, Champaguy, Decres., and Cretet. BUONAPARTE'S predile6iion for ships seems to be unabated a- person lately escaped from Roches-' fort in a neutral, repuris that the - greatest exer tions are making for strengthening the fleet in that and all the other naval depots. We . know that Government is well acquai►ited with every partiet lar,,relative to the naval forces in the ports on the opposite coast. - , it was mentioned in one of the Opposition papers pt yesterday, that " in the gat - tison of Flushing there, were 800 Austrian troops who had fought. in the battle 'of Ratisbon, and 600 • Spanish pri soners"--and - was made upon it, " that it ig wonderful what art the French have in teach ing other Nations, whether friends or foes, to fight for them."—Whether the intelligence re-' speeting the Austrians and Spaniards be Correa we know not, but supposing it to be true, there is notittt4,sO wonderful in this " art Of teaching," as le - is CaAffil—lf Austrians or Spaniards have fought. for them, it has.been because they hafe been,com-. pelted by the menace of death, in case of refusal--7 They are surrounded b . ) a superior French force ;,. they are ihreateued with the bayonet or the bullet compliance. 'is the effect Of - compulsion, not .of choice—really we see nothing so very extraordinary or dexterous in the art 'or the teacher--we might do the same,if we chose ; but it is wonderful K nat . a rines3 there is in the minil of some perions, find every thing ckvur ill the coridu4 of the enemy N ANAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, -AUG. 28.—arrived the sloop Fal mouth, PHILLIPS, from Falmouth, laden with fish and iron, bound to Oporto; the Mary,SH ELDHICHi froin Waterford, laden with provisions, bound to London; and his Majesty's ship Swallow, of 18 guns, from a cruize. Sailed the American ship Catherine Ray, JAYNE, for Guernsey., • PORTSMOUTH,' AUGUST 29.—Arrived his/Majes. \tY's ships Monarch, of 74 guns ; Ajax, 74 ; Re venge, 74 Resolution, 74 ; and Hero, of 74, from the Downs; being part of the Expedition, from off Flushing. Sailed the Christian, --; Dolphin, 13i.imsTER, for Liverpool; and the Sarah,. TAYLOR, for N'ivr;.;. castle. Came into harbour, the Ai - go, of 44 guns DEAL, AVG. 29.—Sailed the-ships of war, with prisoners do board from Flushing for eortstnouth. FALmovTR, AUG. - 27.--Arrived his Majesty's ship Mermaid, with the cuiward-bound Quebec Convoy. Sailed his Majesty ship Humb:;r, with a convoy to , the DoWm. HULL, AUG. 29.—The Syren transport, Captain ' Rya, from Heligoland, put in here on Saturday evening, having about, C. 50 Hanoverian troops on : , board. The vessel, after receiving provisions, and undergoing some necessary repairs, will proceed 'with them for their destination, the Downs. The Jenny, of - South Shields, INti.r.tAx BLAGDON; Master and Owner, coal-laden, on her passage to - London,, was on the night of Saturday se'nnight, when off Filey, run foul of by a large Sloop-rigged vessel, supposed to be aßerwick Sitiack:The Jenny instant ly sunk, and all hands except the mate and a'boy) perished. Mrs. HALL, wile of Mr. J. J. HALL,' broker, -in London, and sister to Mr. BLAGDON, her son, a fine boy, of eight years of age, and her servant . maid, having been do , .vn on a visit to her friends at South Shields, were returning home on board the Jenny, and also unfortunately perisLed. The boy who was saved, is severely bruised, and doubts are entertained of his recovery. Extrata of a letter received last week,' by Mr. J. FEARN, of this place, dated Gibraltar, 20, 1809, giving a very. distrssing .account of the capture of the Louisa Henrietta, Capt. HOWARD, of this Port, by two piratical row-boats : SlR—Having yesterday received a letter ,from the Consul•of Majorca, relating the loss of the Lou isa Henrietta, I think no time ought to be lost in ac quailitiog you with the circumstance. The brig sailed' froM Majorca on the 17th of May, with a cargo s of brandy, wine, and oil, either for this place or England; after they•got about two leagues from the land, two boats came towards them with Spanish colours : when they came within pistol-shot, they fired a gun, hoisted French colours, and iminediately boarded them. lam sorry to say that pour Captain - Howard, Mr. Clark, chief mate, and two, men were killed ; the second mate, five men, and three boys, got into the boat, and made for the shore, leaving Mrs. HOWARD and a boy on board. They kept up a heavy fire on. the . bpat, and wounded the -second mate i 1 the arm, and a boy through the bocly, who expired in a few minutes after theY landed. I- shall send you the men's declarations as soon as I can get them translated into English. The vessel, I expect, will be carried into Algiers. I shall make every in quiry concerning Mrs. HOWARD, and let you know. J.also find that Captain HOWARD had a quantity of money in specie on board, also d number of bank notes." The prisoners which arrived in the Monmouth from F►u.bicg; were landed on Monday tat Yar mOuth, and marched for Stilton Barracks, under a detachment of the Royal Berkshire Militia. . 'rite Stzahrsloop ot• war, Caiit. TuoMAs YOUNG, in company with the, Fancy gun-bri . g, Lieutenant SINCLAIR; hag had 'a gallant aelion in t!,e port of Hatncerfest, in Finmark. The Snake and Fancy en, tered the port at half past seven - in the morning of the 3d of July, and anchored between two forts, which, with the assistance of large divisions of riflemen, continued a steady and well-direded fire on the Snake and Fancy for more than two hours. The town fart first struck to the British flag, and a detachment of men being landed to storm, 'the point: fort, its defenders fled, and left Cap YOUNG in possession . of .bbth forts, which were immediate ly blown up.. Letters . have ,bee ti received . from Petersburgh to the 31st nit. and frcim Riga to the ii th instant. By these we learn that the report of a general embargo in the . harbours of Russia riid the Boitic is erroneous. 4t is true that an embargo ,has been imposed, but in- Stead of being. genera)? it is confined to native ships only, and its sole object is to prevent theirfalitug into the handSof the powerful British force cruizing in that sea. With a license from this country it is un derstood that any Russian ships would he pernmed to take their departhie. Ail the dit#ctilties respect ing the American vessels in the port of 4iga have .s.:eti - removed by the gopd understanding which 'tiub skst s bct seen the consiinees and the cltfichil.agvnts of flier. AuSop -oyertniient. J GENE[dL LAS.ILL E. The following charseter of this Officer, who fell. in the battle of Wagram, and whose remains have been conveyed to Paris for Interment, is taken from the - iburnolde l'Empire. That the deceased Officer posSeSsed coOderable.merit may ,be admitted, but the extravagant Manner in which his anions are re corded in this sketch, is little calculated to do hica honour ; for this' bombast style, which invariably chara6terizes the French compositions of a similar nature, represents'l4sA LLE as a madman, rather than a good soidier. NOr is it possible to believe that the. 'successes here .related could have taken place with such disproportioned means, unless his opponents, .like Captain Bobadiii we're ail " pkinet-struck." " Death C has snatched away, an officer of rare merit, at the age of 34 years. Cherished aid ho noured by his family, his friends and his soldiers, General Count LASALLE has left a great example to sortie, and-a memory dear, to . all: He was born at _Metz, on the mth of May, 1775, of a noble family, of that city. He embraced the profession of arms .frorri a very tender age. So . early as 1780 he served in a regiment of Alsace as an officer. Impatient to distinguish himself, he had sought an opportunity in vain, when the Revolution opened a vast career to those whose genius destined them to a com mand' over others., BLit a new, prejudice had,. succeeded to an old one.—The birth of the Count LASALLE, which had opened to him the road to military honours, deprived him of his rank. He forgets that he had commanded—he conceals 1114 name and his services in the rear ranks of the 231 regiment of mounted chasseurs, and, like TASERT, his great uncle, he retains nothing but his native ,courage. , He soon attracted notice._. His regiment served in the Army•of the North, and he the rank of a Corporal. Followed by some chas seurs of his company, be attacked and, took a,bat, teril.—The report of this action - reached the Com mander-in Chief. 'He saw young LASAL - L.E, 4ind made him - an Officer. " In Italy, at the head of 18 horsemen, he met top husSars of the enemy, and did not hesitate a moment to charge them. The hundred Austrian hUssars, eleekrified by a French cavalier, yield to - the impetuosity of 18. men. Carried away by his ardour, he went astray in pursuit of the enemy, and found himself alone in the middle of four hussars, who rush upOn him. He 'fights these four aclver-,_ saries, wounds all the four, and rejoini his little . band, who had despaired of him as lost. Thebattle of Bivoli added to the glory Which he had already 'acquired. The ,enemy occupied a ' height which commanded the plain : they must be driven from it ; and it is Lasalle wh6 chosen by him, who knew so well how to select among men, the person most fit to execute an enter prise as perilous as honourable. T, , e enemy IS driven from one poSition to another, and the rna, dest vktor returns charged with colours and !awe's, wille) he lays at .the feet of his General. The Etn , ni. peror says to tn—" Rest yourself under these ce him's, LASALLE, you have done well." " His services in Egypt procured- for him the rank of Colonel. He returns from Egypt to gather fresh laurels in Italy. He was made General of Brigade in the campaign of 1805, against Austria. Iu 1806, in the war against Prussia, General LASALLE dared alone, at the head of two regime:as of cavalry, to attack a strong place, and 'succoss jus tified the attempt which apeared so rash. "Stettin opens its - gates, a . garrison of 6,000 men, • and too pieces of cannon, fell into the hands of the vitStor. " At the battle of Heilsberg, LASALLE was every where at the head of his light cavalry. By one of • those inexplicable chances which frequently !tapper' in war, the Grand Duke of Berg, now King of NapleS, - was enveloped by twelve of the enemy's dragoons. LASALLE hag not time to refle&, nor to give orders. His heart carries loot off He plates alone upon the' enemy, with the I:pidity of light fling,' slays the oflice.r who coin oands the detach ment, and puts the rest to flight. In a. tew hours after LASALLE is enveloped in his turn, whiie ;tha' dotting himself to his impetuosity. The Grand Duke of BERG perceives the danger of his d•-1..er.. ,4 *. He flies to his succour, rescues him, and; eintirae ( ing him, says " General al,e are quit." ". The .war in Spain ()netted to General Lasalle a new care.tr of glory. With a corps of 6000 fantry, and only 800 cavalry, he fought at Torque - - mada a Spanish army of 27,0Q0 men, and took ail Its caution. • Pursuing his s.ccess, he' gimed a se cond vtdory before Palencia ; and that ei y, al though defended 'by a 'river, and a nurnetoos• • garrison, was obliged, as well as, Valladolid, to s ur.• render at discretion. Charged wit n the administra tion.of the Spanish provinces which had sitbinittelL he made the new Governineht beloved among t neht: • He was no longer that formidable man whom theY had only known by his exploits. Persuasion flowed. frOrn Ilis-lips;; goodness was painted in his counte" nanee ;' delicacy and honour were the rule of bi s condu(d, and gained hint the hearts of all. " CUESTA . twictt conquered, and FLAKE, who WI ambitious of the honour of fighting the f , ',ench, ba" assembled an army of 40,000 men. The Dike t Istria had not mare ilVaLl 12,000 to oppose 10 ineiTh A terrible battle took place at Medinadel- 111A ; Seccir. The fate of this diy was; for a long b y uncertain... Ge ,eral LASALLE decided the Victor) is, a charge at the head of the loth and 22d regiul e D ° lo of chasseurs. In a few days after this niemoO adibn, he was appOinted brand Officer of the 1..c5 1° tl of Honour. " Gilled to the Army of Germany, General SALL'has terminated his illustrious, but short c ,, re el t by frew leak Of arms, meriting the,praise and reiV ., Of his Majesty." " A cireurustabce occurred last week at Woolvi cb ' which at fir,t thre3tenrd scrums conseqe: sentinel stiglitly wounded one of the :abour..r, tit,n-5 ployed in the arsenal, which in nat,d of the latter to staLli a deg,ree,' tha- t t;L treinely riotous, and. it was not until ale ' nut. : at were rentoye.' for a short time trom tit,: order was trsfOred. •• • • I,ter nufqtay aftvrpoon, about tom o'clo k, as a lig No:als was.coltyng throng', 1,011‘1`,:l)s, byOge, she ran top' of the st , and ii l l l ' ilid irnmedta•ely ,11,,k. Was wit tont.l) tittlicul t y waterman was saved frum beivg drowned,